Clubs & Camps
Beyond the school day, Boxerwood creates additional opportunities for kids to learn, grow, play, and thrive.
Our camps and clubs take place at Boxerwood, in schoolyards, and in natural locations across our county. Many are offered without direct cost to participants, in keeping with Boxerwood’s commitment to equal access.
Clubs
Bay Club
Each year Boxerwood facilitates a once-in-a-lifetime adventure for 30 local 7th graders and their teachers. The students travel to an island environmental education center run by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), then spend 3 days and 2 nights exploring the natural and cultural history of this unique ecosystem. Back home, the Club pays it forward with tree planting.
BEST, DREAMS, and YAS
For over a decade, Boxerwood has provided nature-based clubs for several high-need schools participating in a federally-funded afterschool program. Earth Yoga, Winter Birds, Storm Chasers, Tree Heroes, Eco-Puppets, Nature Photography, Map Makers – the list goes on! We provide family events and summer camps too. Thank you to Enderly Heights Elementary School (BEST), Maury River Middle School (YAS), Natural Bridge Elementary School (DREAMS) for wonderful times together.
EarthKeepers
This program brings together kids from two middle schools in shared enthusiasm for the outdoors. Convening at Maury River Middle School, the EarthKeepers trek to nearby Barger Pond for weekly adventures and stewardship actions. With Boxerwood educators as mentors, the youths build friendships with the Earth and one another.
Envirothon
Envirothon is a state and national competition in which teams of high school students demonstrate their environmental know-how and skill. For the past five years Boxerwood educators have recruited and coached our local team each spring. Thank you to the Natural Bridge Soil & Conservation District, the Rockbridge Envirothon sponsor.
Camps
Boxerwood Camps
Boxerwood day camps accommodate up to 30 young children per summer session, with plenty of delights, discoveries, and playtime in the Woodland Garden. Led by staff educators, our theme-based camps foster love of nature while also nurturing kindness and community-building. Camps run Monday - Friday, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm, with two sessions in June and another the first week in August. Camps fill quickly, with need-based scholarships available. Registration for 2026 opens March 1 (check back here).
Partner Camps
As the local go-to outdoor provider, Boxerwood helps other partners achieve their summer dreams too. In recent years we’ve facilitated both single and/or multi-day programs with our friends from the Rockbridge YMCA, Programa SOL, and three public schools. We’ve based our adventures at Boxerwood, at Goshen Pass, Jordan’s Point, Natural Bridge State Park, Glen Maury Park, and Lake Robertson too. Working with these partners enables us to deepen our relationships with many children we also meet through Project NEST.
